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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Cameron South Carolina and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit has shown great deal on how the words can properly pronounced by the movements on the mouth as well as the phonemic symbols. Many students find it diffficult to pronounce accurately when saying English vocabulary as they have some loan words within their first language. By trying to get the idea that they could memorise the phonemic symbols, they will be able to pronounce with more accuracy and with fluency. The movements on the mouth and throat are also important to say the words...  [Read more]

  A TEFL Qualification allows you to teach English almost anywhere in the world, some countries are more popular than others for differing reasons. Some are popular because of the salary and benefits offered to teachers, others are popular because they offer a better quality of life and others are popular because they provide teachers with plenty of opportunities. The top most popular countries are all in Asia as the demand for English is so much higher here than elsewhere in the world. Are you ready to live and teach abroad? Check out the infographic here: https://www.teflcourse.net/tefl-infographics/top-ten-tefl-destinations/?cu=YTDESCRIPTION Are you ready to live and teach abroad? Click here and get started today: https://www.teflcourse.net/?cu=YTDESCRIPTION Below you can...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about One Week TESOL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: M.F. – U.S.A. said: As I went through the process of completing this certificate, people kept inquiring as to why it was taking so long to learn how to teach english. They kept saying that since I knew how to speak it already there can’t be that much to learn about passing it on to others; well, I don’t think they’ll understand how ridiculous those statements are until they take a course like this one. While the material itself wasn’t impossible, there is so much to learn. Growing up in an english...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Isabel South Dakota and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: The lesson comprises two of arguably the most difficult skills in language learning: speaking and writing - or the producing skills. English presents particularly difficult challenges to writing because it is not a phonetic language and different spellings for words that sound the same will undoubtedly confuse many students. Creative teaching will be the ESL teacher's greatest asset with these producing skills. Staying positive and keeping the students engaged and excited to learn these difficult...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Aktau Kazakhstan and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit discussed the pros and cons of using a course book in the classroom. One positive point is that a course book contains material that has been tested for effectiveness. On the other hand, a course book might not take the current language ability of the class fully into account. Therefore, a teacher and her students could most benefit from a course book if the teacher was flexible in deciding what material to present and supplementing with other suitable materials when needed.It is...  [Read more]

  In her ninth video diary instalment, Chantelle discusses unit 9 of her online TEFL course from ITTT. This unit covers lesson planning and the importance of being well prepared for your lessons. The unit discusses whether there is a need to plan lessons, how a lesson plan should be written and what should be included in a lesson plan. It also looks at ways to plan a sequence of lessons and how important it is for teachers to reflect on past lessons to help improve future classes. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly...  [Read more]

  So now we'll consider the actual classroom arrangements themselves in terms of the physical desk layout. There are possibly three main types of arrangements that are used within classrooms and we're going to indicate the desks here as being boxes and the arrangements of the students within those desks will be blue crosses. So here we have the desks ranged in rows and the students sitting within those rows. The second arrangement could be the use of horseshoes or semi circles and finally the use of individual desks. So for each of these arrangements what are the potential advantages and disadvantages of arranging our seating in this way? Let's take the rows first of all. One of the potential advantages is that it does give the teacher the opportunity, if it's arranged correctly,...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about Get TESOL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: K.K. - France said: Common problems of learning english as a second language for native french speakers.In light of my current experience, teaching english as a second language at ISAT (Institut Superieure d’Automobile et Transport), in France, I choose to elaborate on the grammatical and phonetic difficulties that the french native speaker experiences throughout his/her learning process. This paper presents the most essential grammatical and phonetic linguistic challenges taken from my teaching experience, concluding...  [Read more]